Ecuador bishops: A 'yes' vote for the environment answers 'the call of Pope Francis'

The church, while not taking sides in the political contests, went all in on the referendums to stop drilling on oil Block 43 inside the Yasuní and to end mining in the Chocó Andino, a highland biosphere near the capital.

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